| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | way·yî·hî}: and it was (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • bishnat {בִּשְׁנַ֣ת | biš·nat}: in the year of (preposition + noun feminine singular construct) • shalosh {שָׁלֹ֔שׁ | šā·lôš}: three (numeral • feminine singular) • lehoshea {לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ | lə·hō·šê·a}: to/for Hoshea (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן־ | ben}: son of (noun masculine singular construct) • elah {אֵלָ֖ה | ʾê·lā}: Elah (proper noun masculine singular) • melech {מֶ֣לֶךְ | mê·leḵ}: king of (noun masculine singular construct) • yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yîs·rə·ˈʾēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • malakh {מָלַ֛ךְ | mā·laḵ}: reigned (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • chizkiyah {חִזְקִיָּ֥ה | ḥîz·qî·yāh}: Hezekiah (proper noun masculine singular) • ben {בֶן־ | ben}: son of (noun masculine singular construct) • achaz {אָחָ֖ז | ʼā·ḥāz}: Ahaz (proper noun masculine singular) • melech {מֶ֥לֶךְ | mê·leḵ}: king of (noun masculine singular construct) • yehudah {יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yĕ·hû·ḏāh}: Judah (proper noun masculine singular) |